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BATTLE OF SAVAGES STATION.

On the morning of this, the fourth day, a considerable body of the
Federals were discovered occupying a strong natural position at the
place named, on the York River Railroad. The division of General
McLaws, consisting of Kershaw's and Semmes' brigades, supported by
General Griffith's brigade, from Magruder's division, made the attack at
one o'clock, and were received by a furious cannonade from a park of
field pieces. Kemper's battery was ordered to the front, and after a
splendid artillery duel which fairly shook the surrounding country, the

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Federals were once more forced to retreat. Early in the action General
Griffith, a brave and meritorious officer from Mississippi, was struck by
a fragment of a shell and instantly killed. He was the only general
officer lost by the Confederates during that sanguinary week. The gallant
10th Georgia led the charge, and its depleted ranks told but too
well of the raking fire to which it had been exposed.